Job Location: St Louis

UPBrand is a full-service branding and digital agency. We are all about helping clients define and own their authentic position in the marketplace across the entire customer journey. We are looking for a Senior Brand Manager who understands how to plan and execute that journey while building strong client relationships.

Our Brand Management team is made up of strategically-minded, detail-oriented, intuitive and inventive team players. At UPBrand, we merge the roles of Account Executive, Planner and Strategist to serve as smart and proactive strategic counselors for our clients. The ideal candidate can easily shift gears between independent research, data analysis, strategy development, creative thinking, presentation development & delivery, project management and budget monitoring.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Leads discovery interviews, brand strategy and brand planning process, participating actively in the development of architecture, positioning and creative recommendations.
• Leads development of multi-channel marketing plans based on solid insights, with an emphasis on digital strategy.
• Analyze results of research and metrics. Produce insightful creative briefs for the agency team.
• Own and nurture strong relationships with clients, in order to deliver excellent service and grow relationships.
• Offers clear, accurate, timely and fearless communication with all internal teams, clients and partners regarding client relationships and marketing strategy.
• Evaluate account/project profitability, identify issues and communicate solutions to team and clients.
• Deep experience in proposal/scope of work development using agency pricing models.
• Ensure all deliverables support client strategy and marketing communication objectives, on time and on budget. Measure and analyze results of work.
• Set and manage workloads for direct reports and assist in team resourcing. Set an example for the Brand Management team.
• Advanced skill in anticipating and solving problems in a client-centric and team-oriented manner.
• Creates opportunities to expand existing business and co-owns the development of new business presentations and proposals.

The UPBrand Senior Art Director is responsible for creating and overseeing the visual elements of creative campaigns, from concept to execution. The Senior Art Director works with a team that includes writers, producers, creative directors and brand managers to develop and execute compelling and effective solutions to achaieve our clients’ marketing goals.

Skills and expertise needed for this role include strong graphic design talent, an appreciation and knowledge of typography styles and trends, an understanding of branding and visual identity and a passion for beautiful design. The Senior Art Director determines the concepts and visual styles on a variety of projects, including brand videos and TV commercials, web design, content creation, branding, presentation design, 360º campaign concepts, art direction of still photography, packaging and presentation design. Stretch skills are highly valued. Of particular interest are video editing, animation, or UX/UI design.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH:

• UPBrand is a nurturing environment with a proven, award-winning team of creators and strategists. Generally, art directors are trained and developed to become creative directors.
• UPBrand strives to build a meaningful culture and working environment that is conducive to innovation and productivity while
  providing healthy work/life integration for all.
• As part of the UPBrand team, you will feel heard and supported. You will be given the opportunity to practice your craft, learn from
  others, grow your skills and stretch your capabilities to meet the demands of the ever-changing world of creative, marketing,
  technology, branding and communications.